Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 01/10/1985
- Missing From:
- Missing From Houston, Texas
- Classification:
- Classification Non-Family Abduction
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Black
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 06/06/1978 (46)
- Age:
- Age 6 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 3’0, 75 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Michael stuttered at the time of his disappearance. He has a burn scar on his right wrist. He may use the last name Gant; this is his father’s surname, and Mayfield is his mother’s maiden name.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On January 10, 1985, in Houston, Texas, five-year-old Michael and his younger sister Pamela disappeared. They were walking home from kindergarten when witnesses saw them get into a green car with a man. They never reached home.
Four months later, a call to the police claimed the kids were safe with their paternal grandmother in Los Angeles. This was false; no one there had seen them. The caller was never identified, but sounded like an older African-American man.
Michael and Pamela lived with their grandmother in Houston. Their parents were separated but not divorced, and the children visited both parents and their partners regularly. The family was investigated, but there was no evidence of abuse or anyone suspicious. Police believe the children knew their abductor, because they usually understood not to get in cars with strangers.
The case remains unsolved.
- Agency:
- Houston Police Department 713-222-3131
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This person was missing Missing Since 01/10/1985